On Friday, I visited the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California. Yorba Linda is in the eastern part of the Los Angeles area, just above Anaheim.
The visit starts with a film specially made for the museum. President Nixon actually narrates quite a bit of it, which is kinda spooky, but cool. What I liked about this museum was that they didn't sugar-coat the Watergate affair; it was addressed at length. In the film, Nixon is candid about his successes and his failures.
He and Pat's gravesites are at the end of a beautiful garden path, and just beyond that is Nixon's birthplace, moved here from nearby Whittier.
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| Flag from President Nixon's casket |
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Nixon was an accomplished pianist. He often
played at White House gatherings. |
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| Chandelier from mock East Room |
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Nixon always said he was "born in
a house my father built." |
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| Presidential limousine |
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| Richard on left, Pat on right |
I had hoped to be at the southeastern border of California by nightfall, but a traffic jam on the freeway leading in that direction forced me to backtrack to the Anaheim/Fullerton area for the night. While standing outside the hotel room about 9 p.m., I could see fireworks in the distance. It was Disneyland!
